Weeding-tool.



A ree rerrm LE BOY BUELGH, OF CEI)AB EAPIIDS, IOWA, ASSIGNOR T0 MARY V. B'UB.CI-I, 0F CEDAB.

RAPIIDS; IOWA.

WEEDING-IOOL.

Specificaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 11, 1919.

Applcatioh fi1ed September 17, 1917. Serial No. 191,751.

To all whom z't may concem:

Be t known that I, LE ROY BURCH, a. ctzen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Cedar Rapide, county of Lnn, and State of Iowa, beve nvented eertan new end useful Improvements in VVeedng- T0015, 0]"? whch the following s a specificaton.

My nventon reletes to mprovements in hand Weeding tools and has for its object the producton of' a device of ths cheracter Which Will be of durable end economcal construction, end through the mecum of Which weeding alld the tending or Wc-rking 0f growng plants may be efiected readly end eficiently.

Other objects will appear hereinefter.

The nvention consiste in the combinetons end arrangements of parte hereinafter de- .reference to the ac companyng drawngs,

forming a part of ths specfication, end in which,

Figure l is a partially sectonal sde elevaton of a tool, embodying the invention,

Fig. 2, a secton taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, end

F ig. 3, a front elevaton of the lower or forward end porton of the tool.

The preferred form of constructon as illustrated in the drawings comprises a broad elongated metallcblade 1, one end of w 'hich is curled upon tself to f0rm an integral cylndrcel shank 5. :Upon the shztnk 5 s arranged e handle or grp 6, reinforced et ts front end by a, ferrule 7.

The blade 4 is sharpened et both of its longitudnal or lateral edges 8, end sed blade s curved or bowed in the direction of a plane extendng perpendieular to 'the flat sides of the blade. The opposite end o:E blade 4 s free and converges to a rounding or blunt pont havng sharpened edges. The outer surface of the blade from sde to side is straight anl fiat so that when sad surface is placed aganst the ground or other surface, the cutting edges of the blade Wl] be adapted to out elose to the ground or surface engaged. This wou1d, of course, not be the case were the outer surface of tbde b1ade convex or rounded from sde to s1 e.

A tool of the construction set forth s especally applioable in the tendine or careteking of growng plants. It readly adapts tself to eradcating small grass end weeds from thckly set or dose growing plants. Because of the curved shape of =the blade t Will clip avvay a bit of earth from beside or between p1ants contanng one or more email weeds or spears of grass, and always clearng tself because of its curved shape Which ellows its free end to come above the 7 ground. Beeause of the blades being sharpened et both sdes or edges t readly lends itself to strking weeds from ether sde of the row of plants, or frem open spaces between plants. Because of' the sharp free end of the blade, the latter is adapted to remove grass or weeds from between p1ants no matter hoW close together the p1ants me v be. The to0l has been thoroughly tested end tred out and found to be especially adapted. for employment under the circurnstances descrbed.

While I have llustrated end described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention nto effect, this is capable of varation end modficaton Wthout departng from the sprt of the inventon. I, therefore, do not Wish to be limited to the precise detals of construc-tion set forth, bui; desire to eval myself of such varations end modificatons as come within the scope of the appended clam.

Having described my nvention What I olaim as new and desre to secure by Lettere Patent is:

A devee of the class descrbed comprsng a broad elongated metallie blade plano-convex in cross section end heving its longitudnal edges sharpened, said blade beng bowed in the drecton of e plane extending perpendicularly to the broacl sdes of the b1ade, one end of sad blade being provded With a, rounded point having a sharpened In testmony whereof I have signec my edge, the opposte end of sad blacle being name to this specficatiun in the presence of straght and curved transversely on itself two subscribing wltnesses.

into a cylindrcal shank, the point and LE BOY BURC'H. shank beng in aln'ement and a hndle em- Witnesses: 4 7 bracing sad sharik, substari-tially as de- ALBIN BLAKE,

scribed. LIBBIE B. ANDERSON. 

